Angle rail-bar



UNITED STATES PATENT oFFles..l

WILLIAM G. WILSON, 0F WEST NEW BRIGHTON, NEW YORK.

ANGLE RAIL-BAR.

specification of Letters Patent.k

Patented Mar. 1. 1921.

Application led November 22, 1920. Serial No. 425,860.

vented new and useful Improvements in.

Angle Rail-Bars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to angle rail bars and one of the principal objects is to produce a device of this nature which shall be simple of construction, cheap to manufacture and highly efficient for the purpose for which it is designed.

Another object is to produce a device et this nature which will more effectively prevent breaking-down at the joint of the rails, and to keep the rails in alinement at all times under all conditions.

Another object is to provide a device of this nature with means whereby the nut of the lower securing bolt will be readily accessible for removal and may be removed by the same wrench as the nuts of the upper bolts.

Nith these and other objects in view which will be more apparent as this specitication proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel construction and combination and arrangement ot parts the essential features of which are hereinafter fully ce scribed and claimed and are shown in the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the im pi'ovement applied.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of my improvement on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference. refer to like parts in all views.

This invention contemplates providing augle bars for clamping rails at their joints said bars gripping the web and lower portions of the rails and extending under the rails so as to be connected below the joint of the rails ras well as to the webs ot the rails, one of the angle bars ot each pair being provided with a portion under the rail extending out flush with the edge ot the lower flange so as to expose the nut of' the lower fastening bolt so that it may be read.- ily removed either by splitting with a coldvchisel or by means of the same wrench` that is used on the other bolts.

Referring to the drawing more in detail, 1() and 11 representrails of the ordinary type the ends of which meet or nearly meet ,A

forming a joint at 12. l The rails l0 and 11 are gripped between two angle bars 13 and 14 which 4are cut away at 15 where they fit against opposite sides of the web of the rail. Bolts 16 provided with nuts 17 clamp the members 13 and 14 to the rails and pass through the cut away portions 15 so as to eitect a springy tension ot the members against the rails. The lower portions ot the members 13 and 14 embrace the lower flanges of the rails and extend thereunder at their central portions 187 the, members being cut away at 19 for the ties. Portions 18 are provided withv strengthening ribsQO and downwardly eX- tending flanges 21 which de AnotP-(piite meet below the rails.

The extension 21 of member 14 is elongated and bent parallel with portion 18 as at 22 and then upwardly at 23, merging at its upper end into the side of the member 14 opposite the lower rail flange. A. bolt 24 passes through the flanges 21 and 28, the position of the flange Q3 effecting exposing of the nut 2.5 of the bolt 2.1. lt will thus be seen that the nut Q5 is readily accessible tor removal by any suitable means for instance by the same wrench that removes nuts 17.

The members 13 and 14 are cut out at 26 to form notches for the reception of the spikes which secure the rails to the ties.

Vhile I have described what l deem to be the most desirable embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that many of the details may be varied without in any way departing t'rom the spirit of my invention. and I therefore do not limit myself to the exact details of construction herein set forth nor to anything less than the whole of my invention limited only by the appended claim.

lVhat is claimed as new is ln a device of the class described, the

combination of a pair of angle bars formed said members and said rails, and a bolt passto embrace a rail joint and provided with ing through said spaced flanges and through slipaced substantially vertical an es belovtT the said second flange so as to expose the 10 t e rails,l one of said anges being ent back nut thereof for ready manipulation.

5 upon itself and upwardly to form a second In testimony whereof I have 'affixed my ange exposed from the side of the respecsignature. tive angle member, bolts passing through WILLIAM G. WILSON. 

